Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been give [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
2 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
3 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
4 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
5 | He said I 've been giving Lee dinner money every day . |
6 | but I have actually worked for organizations where they do see it in terms of those centimetre arr erm measurements and that 's a you know I mean it 's funny when I 've been giving talks on communications erm one of the things I say to people is erm where your stuff appears is crucial do n't worry about one and page three . |
7 | Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals . |
8 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
9 | I have been given Roy , the dra the engineering the the senior designer , Dennis er Kev who 's our |
10 | In the fifteen years that I have been giving lectures on sleep and dreaming to many groups of sixth-formers as well as undergraduate students , I have , in fact , only once had a single positive response to this question . |
11 | As those Hon. Members who were in Committee know , I have been giving advice to Strathtay , which is the current Scottish Bus Group company , and to Stagecoach , both of which operate in my constituency . |
12 | Environmentalists have reported the government to the European Commission over nine road schemes which have been given approval without an environmental assessment . |
13 | Subject headings lists are lists of index terms , normally arranged in alphabetical order , which have been given authority for use in an index , catalogue or database for describing subjects . |
14 | As indicated in UPDATE 1 , the broad subject areas which have been given priority for development during the 1988–89 session are : |
15 | G. visits a couple of pollutions which have been giving trouble in the last week or two . |
16 | If you 're wearing , if you 're wearing headphones right you do n't stop everybody 's bound to work out and everyone lets you wear them , everyone 's bound to work out you 've been given permission to wear them . |
17 | Researchers with an interest in the subject matter of the programme are encouraged to contact SSRU who have been given resources under the programme to support a range of projects conducted by people from outside SSRU . |
18 | Local projects to benefit include the Alton Sports and Social Club who will receive £1,000 towards extensions to the Harry Baker pavilion ; Medstead Parish Council , who have been awarded £1,500 towards extensions to the village sports pavilion ; and Old Alresford Cricket Club , who have been given £100 to upgrade windows in their pavilion . |
19 | That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . " |
20 | Erm , the financial elements I find complex , I 'm sure from discussions with various members , they equally find it complex , but the position is , that in the current year , you have been given access to a specific grant . |
21 | We 've been given Lego and we 're learning to put things together in new ways . |
22 | ‘ We have been given reassurances that the water is safe to drink and it was just the long hot summer but we are not so sure . |
23 | They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ? |
24 | ‘ But South Africa are a much better team than they 've been given credit for , and they are getting better with every match . |
25 | In one of the major cup competitions they have been given home advantage against first division Coventry . |
26 | Some have suffered symptoms so severe that they have been given medication by their doctor . |
27 | However , the buy-in or redemption may be carried out if it is approved by shareholders in general meeting and they have been given details of the offer in the circular . |
28 | They have been given guidance on the importance of distinguishing between needs , preferences , and wants . |